Psychologist For Teen Drunk Driver Who Killed 4 And Got No Jail Time Defends 'Affluenza' Diagnosishttp://www.businessinsider.com/affluenza-psychologist-anderson-cooper-2013-12/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:43:18 -0500Paul Szoldrahttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52bfc1ba69bedd0138feec4fDianieMSun, 29 Dec 2013 01:31:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52bfc1ba69bedd0138feec4f
I have always said that hate is a very strong word and i have never hated anyone in my life. But I don't even now this boy and I hate him, his parents, the psychologists and the judge. Rehabilitation for an individual who committed a crime is an important factor. But paying the price for your actions and bringing justice for the victims and the victim's families is also important. This young MAN!!!! is not stupid and he knew what he was doing. HE KILLED 4 people and he is now paying his dues. the only thing that this ruling has done is enabled him to commit more crimes in the future. I hope he gets what he deserves one day and is put behind bars. If I was put into the family of those victims shoes, i don't care if I have to spend my life savings, I will make sure he is locked up. As for the judge......she is just a horrible woman and that psychologist needs psychology himself because he is in a state of DENIAL!!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b2472d6da811e37d3e69e4those fcuking cuntsWed, 18 Dec 2013 20:09:01 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b2472d6da811e37d3e69e4
god damn it.. these privileged white cunts can get away with just about anything! times really haven't changed at all..http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b2130969beddb93dbe02d5PezWed, 18 Dec 2013 16:26:33 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b2130969beddb93dbe02d5
At what point will this punk learn that actions DO have consequences if not after he killed four people while driving drunk? The judge just gave wealthy people a built-in excuse for committing crimes - don't expect to be punished because it's part of your psyches to think you'll get away with it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b0a49ceab8ea19689b44c8xenonmanTue, 17 Dec 2013 14:23:08 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b0a49ceab8ea19689b44c8
What would be the correct procedure in TX for starting the process to get this "expert" witness to have his professional license in TX yanked permanently?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b0a41deab8ea46669b44caxenonmanTue, 17 Dec 2013 14:21:01 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b0a41deab8ea46669b44ca
I wonder what fee this quack "specialist" expert witness required to have this Couch punk acquitted.
Both of these jerks deserve to be locked up, and to be placed in a prison where they would stand the best chance of being anally sodomized!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b0a0fb69bedde76f9b44d0xenonmanTue, 17 Dec 2013 14:07:39 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b0a0fb69bedde76f9b44d0
Can anything be done to yank the professional license of this dumbf*ck quack psychologist?
TX has an active death penalty;this Couch pig deserves it!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b0803ceab8eaa41a9b44d1jennifer.loe.75Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:47:56 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52b0803ceab8eaa41a9b44d1
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Correction - the kid is 16, AND has a prior alcohol related incident. Even less of a "child". Should definitely be made to pay for his actions.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ae38d7ecad04dd3c52dacdRocketdogSun, 15 Dec 2013 18:18:47 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ae38d7ecad04dd3c52dacd
When someone steals alcohol, gets drunk, and kills 4 people, there should be consequences, so the perpetrator learns that extremely bad acts carry a punishment. I know the kid is 14, but he is not a baby, or incapable of understanding what he has done. At 14 years of age, even though not an adult, a kid should already know right from wrong. And what he did was very, very wrong.
Some people say, "but he has the rest of life before him!" Exactly. There are 4 people who no longer have a life, because this idiot and his parents bought off a "psychologist" (i use the term loosely) and hired the best lawyer money could buy, in an effort to impede justice and ensure their little "darling" does not suffer adverse consequences for his actions..
This is why people are angry.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ae36116bb3f7581a70d7f7RocketdogSun, 15 Dec 2013 18:06:57 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ae36116bb3f7581a70d7f7
I guess anyone can get a psychoanalyst's degree nowadays, and then they are free to invent diagnoses. This guy obviously specialises only in "diseases of the rich", hence the diagnosis of "affluenza".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac9a9decad040c132119b1Chris DowlingSat, 14 Dec 2013 12:51:25 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac9a9decad040c132119b1
If any of my family members were the ones killed by this clown and the justice system failed. My justice system would prevail, by me running over him with my car. And I'd get out of my car to check on and make sure he was dead. I could easily do the time to make sure justice was served.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac810a69beddb7701c0d55The irony....Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:02:18 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac810a69beddb7701c0d55
You're telling him to grow up yet here you are acting like a foul mouthed, ignorant, PMSing teenager all over an internet comment. Hmmmm. Seems like youre the one who needs a life, quit being so pathetic and use your head. The points being discussed here are not so easily defined and are not in black and white(not a pun). You're incredibly oblivious to the fact that there are gray areas and each case is different. So yes, it DOES depend on the state as well as the judge. Having money does not always get you off. Do your research.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac78b06bb3f7c3391c0d58Harper CollinsSat, 14 Dec 2013 10:26:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac78b06bb3f7c3391c0d58
I hope the families sue, for wrongful death suit. Take them for everything.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac77d7eab8eaad182119adHarper CollinsSat, 14 Dec 2013 10:23:03 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac77d7eab8eaad182119ad
I know kids in my neighborhood that didn't come from money, their parents gave them everything. Ipods, laptops, iphones, cars, yet the parents didn't have cars. Those kids were never taught right from wrong, the parents never said no to them. Could they get off on the case of pseudo affluenza? I think it's pretty much the same argument. If you ask me it's the same thing. We are living in a sick world.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac6e816bb3f729281c0d53JayemSat, 14 Dec 2013 09:43:13 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac6e816bb3f729281c0d53
The Quack should never be allowed to submit testimony ever again, and the judge should be disbarred for letting this circus take place. Wrong, wrong, WRONG.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac2ef66da8114f282119a5ChadSat, 14 Dec 2013 05:12:06 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ac2ef66da8114f282119a5
What a fucking joke! Where is the defense "I am to poor to understand my bad decisions" or "I am stuck in the fucking middle and don't understand my actions"?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52abd4ec69bedd6d690aafc7SkiDogFri, 13 Dec 2013 22:47:56 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52abd4ec69bedd6d690aafc7
Typical, No justice for the victims; Color has nothing do with it; money definitely does and Jeffery Toobin Nailed...Junk Science; Pathetic!; Shame on the Judge, I don't care what a stellar record she has; Couch show's no remorse; "Hey, follow me I'm a Couch, no problem while leaving the scene of the accident; I hope the appellate court has the sense to reverse; There's no accountability anymore; And, the psychologist...get a life! Quackery.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab71e6eab8ea76743a73d3ThucydidesFri, 13 Dec 2013 15:45:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab71e6eab8ea76743a73d3
I wouldn't be surprised if there was bribery involved here between the family and the judge. This teen deserves to be in prison where other murderers are.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab709969bedd33070aafceColonel KilgoreFri, 13 Dec 2013 15:39:53 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab709969bedd33070aafce
You fools are poor because you think you are poor. If you thought you were rich, you'd be crazy.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab6fdf69beddb7040aafc9BritoFri, 13 Dec 2013 15:36:47 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab6fdf69beddb7040aafc9
Not only fired, but also investigated.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab6fba6da811ab053a73caA Random GermanFri, 13 Dec 2013 15:36:10 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab6fba6da811ab053a73ca
Where is the investigation on his bank account? I think he isnt cheap by the hour when he risks his career for helping a young guy. There must be something wrong.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab6e19eab8eabc713a73c6PetuniaFri, 13 Dec 2013 15:29:13 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab6e19eab8eabc713a73c6
There are two Americas. Palm Beach/The Hamptons America where the rich get away with everything and then there is the rest of America from where we populate the for profit prisons.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab6a596bb3f752370aafc8you are an idiotFri, 13 Dec 2013 15:13:13 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab6a596bb3f752370aafc8
call me what you want. you spout incompetent nonsense and I simply told you how incorrect and ridiculous you are. if name calling is what is next for you, so be it. tell me how stallworth and this boy's case is different. I will tell you, with stallworth, he doesn't fit into your mold of only white people in the south getting what they want.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab691c69beddc8780aafbeTTXNETFri, 13 Dec 2013 15:07:56 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab691c69beddc8780aafbe
Not that this is the first time but clear evidence the "justice" system is busted.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab65ee69bedda8700aafc7Tea PartyFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:54:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab65ee69bedda8700aafc7
First its entertainment TV debating legal terms (while masquerading as news), so its a reality comedy show based on real life events. At least The Daily Show and Colbert Report are on the Comedy Channel.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab64b369bedd7f6b0aafc2mike77Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:49:07 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab64b369bedd7f6b0aafc2
Did the judge buy it, or did someone buy the judge?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab645aeab8ea9f593a73c8wheres the lineFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:47:38 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab645aeab8ea9f593a73c8
Where do you draw the line for this boy not being responsible for his actions? Hits and kills 4 with a car and destroys the lives of 2 teenagers - not responsible for actions. stabs someone with a knife? robs someone on the street? does he just have carte blanche to commit any and all crimes he wants because he grew up rich? poor baby grew up with everything he could ever want...so lets keep giving him everything he doesnt deserve? The only explanation that I think explains this case is that there was money changing hands with the judge. I assume there was no jury, because i cant imagine 12 people coming to this conclusion, especially if none of them grew up rich. I call for a mistrial.
Growing up rich and having everything in front of you, having an above average upbringing and education should make you more liable for your actions because you arent ignorant of the law and what is acceptable. The starving family living in the projects composed primarily of high school drop outs rob a grocery store because they cant eat. I would love to see what this psychologist has to say about their background and how that affects how justice is served. Money changed hands is the only explanationhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab641f6da8113f683a73c6biffFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:46:39 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab641f6da8113f683a73c6
Hey Tony, we Americans are not bloodthirsty--we just like to see justice prevail. Here is why people are complaining.
People are complaining because anyone other than this rich White kid or some other rich kid would be put under the jail after stealing beer, getting drunk, going on a joyride with friends, acting obnoxious, AND KILLING FOUR INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF WALKING DOWN THE STREET ON THE DAY WHEN YOUNG ETHAN COUCH DECIDED TO GET DRUNK AND DRIVE!!!
I realize young Mr. Couch is a minor and that he has his life in front of him, but what about the people he killed? Where is the justice for their families? What about other young boys who perform similar types of youthful indiscretions (the crimes of shoplifting, car theft, joyriding, weed smoking, underage drinking) but don't kill anyone? Shouldn't they also have the same opportunity to be rehabilitated from their awful lives instead of being incarcerated? Where is the judge's compassion for them?
Lastly, because this is America, we are deeply suspicious and distrustful of ANYONE in a position of authority and judges are no exception. We all suspect that there is something run afoul here because the boy's family is rich and we know from our own history that judges can be bought just as easily as other politicians--sometimes, in places like Texas--even easier.
So when you put wealth, race, political ambitions, and lack of consequences for murder into the mix--yeah, it has a tendency to make people's blood boil. The kid is lucky-- no one has formed a posse to come over to his house, pull him out of bed and lynch him in front of his indulgent parents like they may have done as little as 50 years ago in places like Texas--at least not yet.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab63dcecad0459453a73cfMPFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:45:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab63dcecad0459453a73cf
I say Accident loosely. Im not happy this guy killed people, but think about where you were 16.. I did a lot of stupid things back then and Im just glad I didn't do anything like this. Even if he goes to jail, he would probably be out in 3 or 5 years, then hes back behind the wheel. A hope that he should have learned his lesson would be too optimistic. I don't like the Rehab as well, since Anderson thinks its to easy. I suggest to put him on hard labour and community service for 10 years with no short time for doing good. This would be better served in the name of those people killed. But this program doesn't exist. What I am trying to say is that I don't agree with Jail, but rather some other alternative...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab62b46da811e15f3a73d0Spread the LoveFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:40:36 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab62b46da811e15f3a73d0
The immediate cure for affluenza = take away all his money.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab62716da811fa5f3a73c6who bought wahtFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:39:29 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab62716da811fa5f3a73c6
judge didnt buy the argument, the defense bought the judge. O yeah retiring at the end of the term? i bet theres a cayman account set up for when she retires. SHould be disbarred with jailtime for this miscarriage of justice. Drunk driver hits a person and kills them should ALWAYS result in jail time, regardless of the age, social standing, color, etc of the driverhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab624decad0424433a73c4derpderpFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:38:53 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab624decad0424433a73c4
that judge should be firedhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab60686da811d7593a73ccbiffFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:30:48 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab60686da811d7593a73cc
The judge didn't need a pretext for her sentecing determination, but certainly didn't discount the ridiculousness of the psychologist's theory in deciding to go against the prosecutor's recommendation. That's the part that has everyone crying foul--the judge gave an extraordinarily lenient sentence to a wilful crime (stealing beer; drunken driving; vehicular homicide) and we are only left with this quack's unnervingly fraudulent diagnosis as evidentiary support for her ruling. Someone please tell me the proseuctor tried in vain to have a Daubert hearing to disqualify this charlatan and his bunk "science" because there is a good chance the judge's sentence may be overturned on appeal.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5f32ecad04c2403a73c4Tony123456Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:25:38 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5f32ecad04c2403a73c4
Why Americans are so blood thirsty? Why we are looking to punish harsh anyone for anything? What is our justice system? - this is inquisition. So the guy steals $30 worth item and get caught 3 times and there he goes life in prison.
This kid did something bad. And it is easy to say - send him to jail. I hope that he and all other in this situation do serve serve sensible time, like 2-3 years, get 10 years of payment to families, 20 years of probation. Lets say, 15% of income for the next 10 years. We need to teach these people a lesson, not destroy their entire life. Also, such situation create opportunity to fill ranks of our armed forces. This kid would be perfect candidate to 4 years army service, the alternative would be jail. This way we could achieve both goals, have pool of soldiers and lessen numbers of people in jail.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5ee16bb3f70b210aafcbUnkel HanFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:24:17 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5ee16bb3f70b210aafcb
He's a 'dick' miller.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5e7fecad04923e3a73cebiffFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:22:39 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5e7fecad04923e3a73ce
"Affluenza", like kleptomania, is a phony affliction claimed to exist by the whore doctors of rich White people. There are no poor kleptomaniacs; the proper term for kleptomaniac is "thief". "Affluenza" doesn't exist for poor people because the proper term for a person with the affliction is "sociopathic asshole". "Cold-hearted Bastard" and "Ebeneezer Scrooge" are also synonyms for criminals such as this boy.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5df96bb3f704210aafbetincupFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:20:25 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5df96bb3f704210aafbe
and you know the verdict would be the same if it was a Black or Hispanic, then again Texas gets it thrill from executing the mentally illhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5dc869beddd8600aafbfScott MacCallumFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:19:36 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5dc869beddd8600aafbf
(just when peeps think they've seen the worst of U.S. idiocracy)this happens.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5d926da811e0543a73c6ConsequencesFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:18:42 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5d926da811e0543a73c6
The punishment is not for him you fool. It is so others are dissuaded from doing the same. This kid can do nothing to bring back the 4 he killed. But this sentence tells everyone that money talks and in this case talked him out of a sentence that another boy, not so rich, not so white did get jail time for. He should be sat in a chair and given an alcoholic drink. Then beaten up. The process should be repeated until the mere smell of alcohol causes him to vomit and scream like a little girl, Ah la A Clock Work Orange.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5d57eab8eab0483a73d0badbobFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:17:43 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5d57eab8eab0483a73d0
Damn, did I touch a nerve? Are you a cop? Or a Judge? Or just an asshole?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5c736bb3f7e31e0aafbesftommyFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:13:55 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5c736bb3f7e31e0aafbe
Another shrink projecting a defense of his own psychosis.
Not a care in the world that four people died, can't face it, doesn't even want to admit it.
When his disorder finally breaks him and he can admit whatever he's done, he'll turn on this kid.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5c53ecad04353a3a73c4AKrandyFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:13:23 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5c53ecad04353a3a73c4
Hmmm, I thought George Steinbrenner was dead?????? Costanza!!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab598869bedd2c560aafbeA EuropeanFri, 13 Dec 2013 14:01:28 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab598869bedd2c560aafbe
Not so true for a good part of Western Europe. There is more consistency regardless of how much money your family has. I'm mainly talking about the Northern European countries (not Italy, Greece etc). Europe might be, on average, more lenient than is the case in the US when dealing with minors, but they are more consistent in how they mete out punishment. More emphasis on equality and fairness in Europe.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab586969bedda0530aafc1Tom FioreFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:56:41 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab586969bedda0530aafc1
I doubt that the psychologist and the diagnosis really had much to do with the judgment in this case. This judge has decades of experience in juvenile justice and is considered an expert in the field. The judge didn't need the pretext to make the decision that was rendered.
The problem is that prior decision involving the even younger person and why this case is so much different. This is what should get thousands of protesters out and not let her have a moments peace.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab57f96bb3f78e130aafbeWhatFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:54:49 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab57f96bb3f78e130aafbe
Oh so we're supposed to be taught that stealing is bad and that drinking and driving are bad too? Might I add it's worse when you are underage? And for some reason rich kids aren't taught this? Hmm. That's funny I thought this stuff was I don't know common sense? Aren't there even TV commercials?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab56d76da81110413a73c4PavimFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:49:59 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab56d76da81110413a73c4
That's exactly what I thought. Only in Dixieland. I knew it just by looking at the headline.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab545369bedd924b0aafbeThere are many paths to JusticeFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:39:15 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab545369bedd924b0aafbe
Run over one of my loved ones in a drunk driving accident and you better pray they send you to jail and never let you out as long as I'm alive.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab53e5eab8eab4373a73cdTom FioreFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:37:25 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab53e5eab8eab4373a73cd
At what point does it become negligent homicide and not manslaughter? How about when it is the second time in a year that he is caught in an alcohol related incident (the first time being when he was caught in a vehicle with the passed out, naked 14 year old girl). That takes if from a one time mistake to a perp with priors.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab522969bedded430aafc0SimpleFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:30:01 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab522969bedded430aafc0
He should do a good deed and offer to donate his kidney to someone on the waiting list as restitution to society. They they should force him to work as a volunteer in a medical center or other volunteer program where he helps the sick for at least the next 10 years and still be allowed to attend school, college etc. The judge chose NOT place these sort of options on the table so obviously the rich kid gets away with murder just like OJ Simpson did. Again, this has nothing to do with color of his skin, it's all about the filthy money that can buy you a defense and bribe the judge.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5160eab8eaca323a73c8SimpleFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:26:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5160eab8eaca323a73c8
He should do a good deed and offer to donate his kidney to someone on the waiting list as restitution to society. They they should force him to work as a volunteer in a medical center or other volunteer program where he helps the sick for at least the next 10 years and still be allowed to attend school, college etc. The judge chose NOT place these sort of options on the table so obviously the rich kid gets away with murder just like OJ Simpson did. Again, this has nothing to do with color of his skin, it's all about the filthy money that can buy you a defense and bribe the judge.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5061eab8ea84303a73c9andreas.georgiou.54390876Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:22:25 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab5061eab8ea84303a73c9
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I have to disagree with you on the part about it being an accident.
When you get behind the wheel and are three times over the legal limit and speeding and you hit someone that is no accident.
Accidents are when a deer jumps out in front of you or you blow a tire, this was no accident.
accident: an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause.
Getting behind the wheel of a vehicle while intoxicated is deliberate you don't do that by chance.
Speeding is deliberate you don't do that by chance, unless your throttle is stuck, this was not the issue here.
This guy is one lucky fellow not so much his victims.
And yes he should go to jail for a very long time. I care not about his age or race or how much money he has, he has destroyed a lot of families and with this ruling he is laughing at all of us.
This kid has learned a very valuable lesson money means everything.
Justice was bought and it delivered.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4f906bb3f7d2040aafc0dont forgetFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:18:56 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4f906bb3f7d2040aafc0
Don't forget, he did get 30 days in jail before getting to continue playing in the NFL. Very funny how so many people are quick to point out how this is only a "Texas" issue. lol....http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4e27eab8ea952b3a73c8dante stallworthFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:12:55 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4e27eab8ea952b3a73c8
dante stallworth, it was only one person that he killed while drunk. Not 4.... So I do see a differencehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4d1cecad04da1a3a73cbDevalFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:08:28 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4d1cecad04da1a3a73cb
So true. So odd that someone needs to have this obvious difference pointed out to them.
The real problem with the verdict in Texas is not the light sentence. Maybe jail time is not the right solution in this case. But the real problem is that a poor black kid last year got 10 years for the same crime.
But it's Texas, what can you say. They hang people there even when new evidence shows the person is not guilty. And they sentence Mexican citizens to death without allowing them to speak to their consular representative, a contravention of an international treaty that jeopardizes future cases of Americans being tried overseas (just wait until an American tourist in Acapulco is sentenced by the Mexican authorities and not allowed to speak to anyone from the American embassy).http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4d1a69bedd91390aafbeyou are an idiotFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:08:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4d1a69bedd91390aafbe
Good and bad happens everywhere.... Didn't Dante Stallworth kill someone in his Bentley while he was drunk? What happened? OMG.... DID YOU KNOW HE IS BLACK? Its not about a state or even race fuckhead... Its about who has money and who doesn't. He paid the family a huge amount of money and then he got to keep playing in the NFL. We can always poke holes in our legal system and pick and choose cases that we think should have gone differently. Stop thinking its a one state issue or even a race issue (your example). Since the beginning of time until our sun blows up, people with money get more leniency. Grow uphttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4c776bb3f728790aafd0factcheckerFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:05:43 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4c776bb3f728790aafd0
funny how if poverty leads you to commit crimes, its never an excuse or diagnosed with a name like "brokeassnosis". but when wealthy does it, you get off with a slap on the wrists and they name a sickness after you.
I hope this kid gets shanked in the near future, preferably right after his parents go flat broke from the wave of lawsuits I hope clean them outhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4b256da8116f1d3a73d0Bo XilaiFri, 13 Dec 2013 13:00:05 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4b256da8116f1d3a73d0
There's a big difference between being a victim while intoxicated as opposed to committing a crime...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4b19eab8eaf3263a73c4Miss_X2Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:59:53 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4b19eab8eaf3263a73c4
Quote: "The psychologist who testified in defense of the 16-year-old drunk driver who killed four people and received no jail time is defending his controversial stance that the boy was afflicted with "affluenza" — meaning the boy's wealth caused him to dissociate his bad actions from consequences." Okay, this is understandable (albeit, it's total bullshit) but then again, that's what jail time is for, so that persons like this kid can have the time to sit and think and finally learn to ASSOCIATE HIS BAD ACTIONS WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES. Someone should bitch slap that "psychologist".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4a5becad048b163a73catmgotechFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:56:43 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4a5becad048b163a73ca
Rich kid murders four people and he gets sent to summer camp.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4906eab8ea81213a73c9MpFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:51:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab4906eab8ea81213a73c9
Take away this term "affluenza". I think people are mistaken that he got away with killing 4 people. It was stupidity, but an accident. So should someone of this age go to jail? Now compare two options. Rehabilitation, or Prison where people get lost and people in there never have a chance to redeem themselves. Yes maybe the Rehab might be too simplistic or easy, and maybe they should just put him to hard work and volunteer work for years compared to prison. But is there such a program? NO. It goes back to black or white... its the extreme of the two minimum is too easy and maximum is life sentence. I do think this lawyer was right in the argument. It is not to say I agree with the killing... This kid is a dick, but he should at least be put to a place where he has a chance to redeem himself and do good or else the people who died would not have mattered. Let him work for those 4 people's memory.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab48b66bb3f752720aafc4DarFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:49:42 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab48b66bb3f752720aafc4
You don't cure affluenza with a slap on the wrist.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab47146bb3f70d720aafc2James1Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:42:44 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab47146bb3f70d720aafc2
Of course it was about money. The doctor needs to review his own diagnosis of "affluenza," which does not exist without affluence (i.e. lots of money).
And on a side note, I don't think this was as much about race as it was about cash. Plenty of lower and middle class white people are thrown under the jail each year for essentially the same crime.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab46b669bedd922e0aafbeAlso...Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:41:10 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab46b669bedd922e0aafbe
didn't it have EVERYTHING to do with his wealth.....?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab45e069bedde0260aafc6the_turkFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:37:36 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab45e069bedde0260aafc6
What an outra...ohhh it's Texas. That makes sense now.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab45d0ecad04d40a3a73c8RobtFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:37:20 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab45d0ecad04d40a3a73c8
Under the law, feverishly pushed by feminists, a woman who has sex while drunk is not legally able to consent and is therefore 'raped'.
Using the same twisted logic, this kid was not legally liable for his actions.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab442669bedde1260aafbeDon HarderFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:30:14 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab442669bedde1260aafbe
Yeah, ok, but if you're a poor minority kid raised in a slum by a crack whore you're responsible for all your actions. Gotta love the consistency in how the law is applied here.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab44086da811040d3a73c4Jill KlausenFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:29:44 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab44086da811040d3a73c4
So let's see if I've got this right.
"Affluenza" caused this kid to dissociate his bad actions from consequences. As a result, he was so irresponsible that he killed four people and seriously injured several others.
So the "right" thing to do is to REINFORCE that notion by NOT associating consequences to his bad actions?
How on earth is he ever to be expected to learn that his bad actions actually DO have consequences if they don't even have consequences when he KILLS people?
That's simply the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time. And I hear a lot of dumb things.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab43e16bb3f7b56c0aafc6ParadiseFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:29:05 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab43e16bb3f7b56c0aafc6
" Affleunza "..........Money may not buy you happiness, but the more you have of it can sure make many of your life's unpleasantries go away.
Some things never change. This country was founded on a system based solely on bullshit and , as we can see here, it is still being run much the same way.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab43b66bb3f7cb6d0aafbeirdcFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:28:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab43b66bb3f7cb6d0aafbe
Time to invest in torch and pitchfork manufacturers.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab42596bb3f77e650aafc6SigmundFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:22:33 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab42596bb3f77e650aafc6
You are damn right. If this excuse can be used on the top, it can also be used on the bottom. Poor people don't have the means to take care and teach their kids so they "can know better." The only problem is they won't have money to hire the hotshot doctor.
Middle class is screwed everywhere.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab41f46da81155023a73cdWillFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:20:52 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab41f46da81155023a73cd
Cooper is obviously talking to one of his own, trying to understand the irrational.
"....since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done." (Romans 1:28)...as well as give excuses for it, I might add.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab419f6bb3f762690aafbeClownFartFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:19:27 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab419f6bb3f762690aafbe
she's retiring at the end of her term. Go figure.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab41336da8111d023a73caClownFartFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:17:39 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab41336da8111d023a73ca
Ya I heard the judge that oversaw this trial is retiring this year as well. Wouldn't be surprised if she received a nice chunk of change to look the other way.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab40b36da811fa7d3a73ccTgreenFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:15:31 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab40b36da811fa7d3a73cc
please go on line and sign the petition asking for this judge to be removed from the bench. This kid is in the background of the 911 call saying dont worry about it im ethan couch I can get you out of this. He had just killed 4 people paralyzed one and severley injured four others. we must let the legal system know that we as citizens will not continue to put up with treatment based on what our bank accounts look like. there are two justice systems. The judge says hes too rich to know right from wrong. so I ask you. Is a inner city kid who has a drug addict parent does not know the other parent, is not certain if they will have a roof over their head next week, goes out and deals drugs to survive get caught is sent to jail for many years. they dont know the difference in right from wrong at that point but they get punished so whats the difference? MONEY enough is enough
<a href="https://www.change.org/petitions/governor-rick-perry-take-judge-jean-boyd-off-the-bench" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >https://www.change.org/petitions/governor-rick-perry-take-judge-jean-boyd-off-the-bench</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab40746bb3f708670aafbedepressionFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:14:28 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab40746bb3f708670aafbe
I'm a little put off by all the shock and outrage here ?
Of course this is how the justice system works , people who can hire intelligent lawyers always trounce the low paid public defenders ... This was one of the first things you learn in life from your parents , and this is why your always suppose to have a reliable family lawyer ready to go at a moments notice ...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3ff5ecad04e1033a73c4ClownFartFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:12:21 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3ff5ecad04e1033a73c4
Glad to see this is getting a lot of coverage. The more people that see his face, the more people that will treat this guy like a social pariah. He needs to be traded for a pack of smokes, in prison.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3febecad0451023a73c4ThanksFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:12:11 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3febecad0451023a73c4
Guess I need to change parenting tactics and start spoiling my children and not holding them accountable for their actions. Might save their life one day.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3f2e6bb3f79d640aafbeyeah......Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:09:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3f2e6bb3f79d640aafbe
Prison overcrowding solved!!!
Rich? Affluenza!!
Poor? Po'ffluenza!!
That takes care of 95% of the inmate population!!
Middle class? Oh no, your ass goes to prison. Your respective state correctional officers union will need to keep their members fed. Sorry.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3f0decad04877f3a73c7MJFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:08:29 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3f0decad04877f3a73c7
This psychologist looks like a pedophile.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3f06ecad045a7e3a73c54s1 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:08:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3f06ecad045a7e3a73c5
Please. pass the voice.
Send a letter to your congressman.
If citizens don't take any action... It will get worse and worse.
(Please up vote this comment) People need to be more proactive.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3ed0ecad04e87b3a73dabadbobFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:07:28 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3ed0ecad04e87b3a73da
Here in Texas, that won't work. The cops don't care what you got....unless it's a sweet little ass. The y will pull you over beat you and throw you in jail. The rich and the poor, the white and the black...they don't get separated (or should I say, segregated) until the lawyer phase starts. This is where money starts talking in Texas. Example: About 15 years ago, 2 separate cases for identical charges were heard. A poor, male, drunk, Hispanic ran over a pedestrian and got 25 years in prison. Six months later, a drunk, young, wealthy, white female, U of TX student, ran over a cop and killed him while he was directing traffic at a previous wreck. When they pulled her out of the car, she couldn't even stand up on her own. She was sentenced to 10 years probation. Ah yes, the Great State of Texas.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3d3beab8ea360b3a73c5nastysideeffectFri, 13 Dec 2013 12:00:43 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3d3beab8ea360b3a73c5
So true.
But that being said the judge bought it and that is the most worrisome part about this whole mess.
This judge should be censured and removed from the bench and the sentence should be overturned.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3c846bb3f7315f0aafbebadbobFri, 13 Dec 2013 11:57:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3c846bb3f7315f0aafbe
Yeah, like he cares.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3c66eab8eab7093a73cabloodwormFri, 13 Dec 2013 11:57:10 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3c66eab8eab7093a73ca
Most psychologists are strongly opposed to the death penalty and also believe people who commit crimes should be given love and attention to reform them for any crime.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3bfaeab8eace053a73d9bryan_bruneFri, 13 Dec 2013 11:55:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3bfaeab8eace053a73d9
Speaking of psychopaths, has anyone thought to examine this quack of a psychologist?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3ba86da811f1703a73caSpread the LoveFri, 13 Dec 2013 11:54:00 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab3ba86da811f1703a73ca
Killing serfs is not a crime in the new America. Don't you know that??? They are just road kill.
Geesh...if there was ever evidence of the new America, here it is. Wealth rules. Period.
Time to pack up and get out...while you still have a chance.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab39986da811f36c3a73c4cwandrewsFri, 13 Dec 2013 11:45:12 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab39986da811f36c3a73c4
I wonder if his bonehead, attention-getting 'diagnosis' would still be valid if one of his children were among those murdered by this young man.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab2be469beddc56f0aafbeHarold GFri, 13 Dec 2013 10:46:44 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab2be469beddc56f0aafbe
This "professional" doesn't seem to understand that the best treatment for this affliction is a long term in a bad bad prison.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab18ca6bb3f7d5180aafc0TM Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:25:14 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab18ca6bb3f7d5180aafc0
The cure for affluenza is jailhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab17126bb3f760140aafc4Ed Fri, 13 Dec 2013 09:17:54 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab17126bb3f760140aafc4
It's just semantics. There is a bad lesson being delivered that will influence others with affluence.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab15a36bb3f764140aafc5Old GuyFri, 13 Dec 2013 09:11:47 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab15a36bb3f764140aafc5
The French had a cure for affluenza in the 1700's……the guillotine.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab14c2eab8eac9313a73cbbiffFri, 13 Dec 2013 09:08:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab14c2eab8eac9313a73cb
Do you know why the image of Lady Justice holding the scales is blindfolded? Because the bitch has dollar signs for eyes!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab1206ecad04c6263a73d8breezyFri, 13 Dec 2013 08:56:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab1206ecad04c6263a73d8
Now I understand why the rich need so much money ..http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab039e6da811b64d3a73d1LET ME EXPLAINFri, 13 Dec 2013 07:54:54 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab039e6da811b64d3a73d1
So many questions:
I wonder where all the sociopaths come from and would be curious if they start out as offspring of the wealthy and well connected?
I would like to know how much this expert witness was paid for his testimony. Would he do the same pro bono if this kid were poor?
And if this would have happened in Louisiana, and this kid was black and poor, wouldn't his ass be in a cell at Angola Penitentiary for only stealing the beer?
Exposing the fallacy of the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution by capricious judicial decisions does not send a good message about our country.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab01336bb3f7c66a0aafc0floridiotFri, 13 Dec 2013 07:44:35 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab01336bb3f7c66a0aafc0
Will the family be bankrupted to make sure they can't infect him with affluenza again? It would be the right thing to do.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab009d6bb3f744620aafcefaux outrageFri, 13 Dec 2013 07:42:05 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ab009d6bb3f744620aafce
Don't forget the jail time for stealing the beer.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aafc626bb3f732600aafd1rbwFri, 13 Dec 2013 07:24:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aafc626bb3f732600aafd1
So, this "affliction" causes him to not be able to associate his bad actions with consequences. And the court, and I'm presuming a jury, chose to further this affliction by not applying consequences to his actions?
Good lord, we're headed for the trash heap.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aaea8369beddec590aafc0mike77Fri, 13 Dec 2013 06:07:47 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aaea8369beddec590aafc0
The hack already testified under oath. He's gonna take that lie to his grave.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aae06a69bedd4c3b0aafc6hawkeye5829Fri, 13 Dec 2013 05:24:42 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aae06a69bedd4c3b0aafc6
What a travesty. This punk should be in prison as I would be if I plowed into 4 people while drunk. I guess this proves the old saying.....you only get as much justice as you can afford.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aadadbeab8ea57323a73d2Duong NguyenFri, 13 Dec 2013 05:00:59 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aadadbeab8ea57323a73d2
"It had nothing to do with his color. It had nothing to do with his wealth,"
Hahaa hohhh ohh... right so if a poor black man with the same blood alcohol killed 4 people he would have gotten 10 years probation right? Haahaa ohh.,, Haaaahahaa.. oh he was serious, now i just think he's just stupid.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aad2496da81142373a73d6Calgary SkepticFri, 13 Dec 2013 04:24:25 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aad2496da81142373a73d6
He's a hooker. Hopefully someday someone treats him like a hooker,http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aac9c26da8111422e10862This is goldFri, 13 Dec 2013 03:48:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aac9c26da8111422e10862
"I don't believe going to the penitentiary was best for him or the state of Texas, and the judge concurred," he told Cooper.
Next time a cop pulls me over I'm going to use this case as a legal precedent.
"Now you listen and listen well you mothefucka. Arresting me is not in the best interest of the State".
WHY HADN'T I THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE ?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aac85decad0467130dbdd0"It had nothing to do with his wealth"Fri, 13 Dec 2013 03:42:05 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52aac85decad0467130dbdd0
Riiiiiight doc.